I remember when we were all hyped for the season last year and the forums were full of daily activity.

CDR is likely coming to camp but it's unsure as of right now. He spoke about killing his ego and trying to make the team but there hasn't been any news since then, we'lls ee in training camp if he's there.

If he is, it basically comes down to Landry or him. Cause right now(with Kelly) we'd have 15 players signed...

So unless we haven't decided on Kelly no one has a shot at making the team from training camp.

So that is an issue.

Shawne Williams is making the team most likely because of the unsureness around Kelly and the fact we'd likely play Williams at the 4.

The question is what happens with Xavier Henry.

It will come down to these three imo

Xavier Henry, CDR(if he comes to camp as the Lakers want him to) and Marcus Landry.

"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."

If Kobe and Gasol are still a destructive duo that can can take a team out down the stretch

I look at Nash as better than Fisher ever was, even at this advanced age.

I see Blake and farmar without Nash, as a better version of the point guards we had our championship season.

I think Kaman and hill can be better than Bynum and Lamar was on our championship seasons.

I think Wes Johnson,Meeks, Nick Young can be better than Sasha,Brown,Ariza,Artest in our championship seasons.

Kobe and Gasol won't be that destructive duo they once were. They'll be good, but not a duo that can carry a team to a title.

If the Lakers are going to do anything this season, it's going to be a complete team effort. Nash staying healthy will be key.

Also, we had a championship system and coach under Phil Jackson that made the pieces fit and controlled player egos. The system we have now along with the coach cannot be defined with the word "championship" and D'Antoni does not have a good history of controlling egos.

We'll be better than most people think, but it's unfair to size this team up to our championship teams. There are too many questions that need to be answered and well, those teams won back to back titles, this team might not even win the Pacific Division crown.

Apparently from the above, D'antoni's been implementing his offense with all the young guys and the guys at the facility for the past month and Nash has been there teaching them the best spots they can go to in the system to find their best shots and opportunities etc.

That's good to hear.

Only guys that haven't been able to participate have been Kobe(who HAS been there and offering advice and such but has been rehabbing so he can't physically do it yet) and Gasol(who hasn't been in the US but has been working out hard wherever he is around the world)